Equestrian Elseworlds: The Dueling Drake

Man VS. Muppet

Spike's POV

I was bleeding from my right arm, and I saw my opponent. He was a puppet that had an axe in his hands, and he still had no cracks. Pretty funny how a puppet is facing me and I'm losing, huh? Well, let me explain how things went down...

The day before

It was October 28th, things were being placed for the celebration that was bound to take place in three days. It was a big campus, so we had to get a head-start. I was decorating the Shop with Dorothy and (assistant), until Dorothy spoke to me:

"Spike, you're good to go, your tips are on the counter," she said smiling, as she placed some fake cobwebs on the ceiling. I grabbed my set of booster packs, given that Dorothy exchanged the tips I got for cards. It was a pretty good deal, given that I was selling cards apiece while making myself a collection.

"How'd it go Spike?" Yubel asked me while I separated cards.

"Pretty well, got myself some new friends," I answered, looking at a few Elemental Hero cards I got. I intended on making an E-Hero deck to honor Jaden, as well as get some pieces for the decks the girls were making.

"Did you find any Dark Magicians?" Mana asked, hopefully.

"Not yet, but I've got three Magician's Valkyrie cards, and they're fundamental in the deck you're making."

"Got any cards for me?" Burstinatrix asked.

"Yep, I got the Spirit of Flames you needed," I said, finishing up what I was doing. It was pretty calm as of late, and I was ready for Halloween. The portal adventure had me thinking, if someone or something could cross over and strike. I then saw my friends, which made me smile and continue. That is, until the power ran out. I immediately ran for the door and stepped out of my room. That is when I heard several screams, and I also saw the bushes moving.

From the bushes emerged an army of lawn gnomes, and they all had forks and knives. It was pretty spooky, but not as spooky as the Flutterbat incident.

"Lock and load, girls?" I asked, looking at them. Mana had her scepter ready, Burst had her flaming fists and Yubel was just standing there.

"Let's rock," Burst said, charging head first into the army, that is, until an eerie fog shrouded us, and by the time the fog was clear, the gnomes were gone as well.

The next day, the school was forced to evacuate, and in less than two hours, only four people were on campus: Mana, Yubel, Burst and I. I guess we were left behind to fend for ourselves.

We rested up and waited for the night to come. The island was alright, but if you consider the fact that only one human and three Duel Spirits were alone with an army of lawn gnomes, well... point proved. I waited in front of the dorm with the girls, wondering where the small bastards went in. That is, until I heard the clinks of the gnomes in movement.

"Alright, let's finish them before they finish us," Yubel said, charging a blast that quickly finished them off, but after a few seconds, the fuckers were already re-assembled. I don't know what kind of magic this was, but they were merging from black swirls and stuff, it looked like they were spawning from ink or something.

"Enjoying the party?" A puppet asked as he walked in. He had a painted black section on his head that served as hair, a black suit, a red bow tie and a matching flower that was in his suit pocket.

"Get some punch and we'll have a deal," I said sarcastically. If I learned something good from Pinkie, it was the following: be positive, including the constant jokes like Johnny Cage, hehe.

"I am Slappy, and I want the four of you to be my slaves," the puppet said, looking at us.

"How about no?" I asked, looking at him, and then the gnomes.

"Well then... charge, my lawn gnomes!" He exclaimed, as the gnomes charged.

"Spike, go and face him, we've got you," Mana said, in a serious manner. As expected, I went.

"Time to play, dummy," I said, smirking.

"Who are you calling 'dummy', DUMMY?!" Slappy exclaimed.

"You, dickweed, " I said, laughing a bit as I saw him.

30 minutes later...

In 30 minutes, I was shot with ice, a knife was thrown at me and I was hit by a car. Pretty nice, huh?

"I'm not going down," I said, looking at him.

"Then serve me," Slappy said, as he walked closer.

"Nah, I'm better off dying," I said, as everything went black. I heard Slappy laughing, then it got louder, until-

"Agh!" I was in bed, no bleeding arm, no cut, nothing. It was an average morning. I checked the PDA, and it was October 30th. I then looked at the book on the nightstand, and I saw it was Night of the Living Dummy. I also saw a can of Coca-Cola, and then things made sense.

"No more Coke and Goosebumps before going to sleep..." I said, getting up from bed. It was a calm morning, reminding me that I let Alexis borrow my necklace and my other precious cards, which meant that Mana, Burst and Yubel weren't around. I got out of the bedroom and looked at the forest. It looked calm, except for an odd fog coming from it, and an odd 'ch ch ch' sound running through my mind...